PETER R. KINGSTONE Permanent Address Dept. of Political Science University of Connecticut, Storrs Storrs, CT 06269-1024 (860) 486-3244 Current Position Associate Professor, Political Science, The University of Connecticut, Fall 1999. Education University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Political Science, March 1994. "Shaping Business Interests: The Politics of Neo-Liberalism in Brazil, 1985-1992." University of California, Berkeley, M.A. in Political Science, 1988. Swarthmore College, B.A. with High Honors, major in Political Science with a minor in Ancient History, 1986. Publications Books Democratic Brazil Revisited. Co-editor with Timothy J. Power. November, 2008, University of Pittsburgh Press. Crafting Coalitions for Reform: Business Strategies, Political Institutions and Neoliberalism in Brazil. 1999, Penn State Press. Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions and Processes. Co-editor with Timothy J. Power. Spring, 2000, University of Pittsburgh Press. Challenges to Democratization: A Reader in Latin American Politics. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Articles Brazil: The Sleeping Giant Awakens? World Politics Review, January 2009. Sobering Up and Going Global: Brazil s Progress from Populism and Protectionism. Law and Business Review of the Americas, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter 2009, pp. 105-126.
Partisanship and Policy Choice: What s Left for the Left in Latin America? With Joseph Young (Florida State University). Political Research Quarterly, March 1, 2009; 62(1): 29 41. After the Consensus: The Limits to Democratization and Development in Latin America. Latin American Research Review. February 2006, 41(1), pp. 153-164. Privatizing Telebrás: Brazilian Political Institutions and Policy Performance. Comparative Politics October, 2003, pp. 21-40. "Why Free Trade "Losers" Support Free Trade: Industrialists and the Surprising Politics of Trade Reform in Brazil. Comparative Political Studies, November 2001, pp. 986-1010. Elites, Democracy, and Market Reform in Latin America. Review Essay. Latin American Politics and Society (formerly Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs), vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 139-154. Fall 2001. "Corporatism, Neoliberalism and the Failure of Big Business Mobilization: The Case of IEDI in Brazil." The Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Winter, 1998-1999. "Political Continuity versus Social Change: The Sustainability of Economic Reforms in Brazil." Nafta: Law and Business Review of the Americas, Spring 1998, vol. IV, no. 2. Book Chapters From Cardoso to Lula: the Triumph of Pragmatism in Brazil, with Aldo Ponce. In Leftist Governments in Latin America, Wendy Hunter, Raul Madrid, and Kurt Weyland, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. The Limits of Economic Reform in Brazil. With Aline Diniz Amaral and Jonathan Krieckhaus, in Democratic Brazil Revisited, Peter Kingstone and Timothy J. Power, eds. University of Pittsburgh Press, September, 2008. The Long and Uncertain March to Energy Privatization in Brazil. Critical Issues in Brazil s Energy Sector. Houston: James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Baker Institute Energy Forum, Rice University. February, 2004. Democratic Governance and the Dilemma of Social Security Reform in Brazil. In Latin American Democracies in the New Global Economy. Ana Margheritis, ed. Miami: North-South Center Press. December, 2003. Reinventing Business: Commercial Liberalization and the Response of Industrialists in Brazil. In Reforming Brazil. Mauricio Font and Anthony Spanakos, eds. Rowman and Littlefield, May 2004.
"Constitutional Reform and Macro-Economic Stability: Implications for Democratic Consolidation in Brazil" in Markets and Democracy: Conflict or Convergence, Phil Oxhorn and Pamela Starr, editors. 1998, Lynne Rienner Press. "Short Money and Long Cycles of Instability: Brazil and the Problem of Dependence on Foreign Finance in the 1990's" in Financial Globalization and Democratization in Emerging Markets, Leslie Elliot Armijo, editor. 1999, St. Martin's Press. "Muddling Through Gridlock: Economic Performance, Business Responses, and Democratic Sustainability" in Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions and Processes, Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power, eds., 2000, University of Pittsburgh Press. Works in Progress and New Research Democracy and Economic Policy: An Historical Perspective, with John Gerring, Matthew Lange and Aseema Sinha. Revise and Resubmit, World Development. Privatization and Its Discontents: Resistance to the Hegemony of Neoliberalism in Latin America. co-authored with Rebecca Aubrey, University of Connecticut and Joseph Young, Florida State University. Revised and Resubmitted to Latin American Politics and Society. The Political Economy of Latin America: Reflections on Neoliberalism and Development. Book manuscript under contract at Routledge Press. In progress. The Handbook of Latin American Politics. With Deborah Yashar. Routledge Press. In progress. Navigating the Storm: Executive Strategies for Economic Reform in Latin America. Book manuscript based on current research. In progress. "Do Institutions Affect Policy Performance: The Privatization of Telecommunications in Latin America." Co-authored with Rebecca Aubrey and Aldo Ponce, University of Connecticut. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2006. Under revision. "Party Politics and Policy Performance: Evaluating the Impact of Party System Traits. Paper presented at Tulane University, Sawyer Seminar Series, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, March 2003. Under revision. Book Reviews Golden Boys: Vivir en los Mercados. Americas Quarterly, forthcoming. From Inside Brazil: Development in a Land of Contrasts. Luso-Brazilian Review, 44:2, p. 162-163.
Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World. Bulletin of Latin American Research, April 2008, 27:2, p. 304.. "Democracy without Equity: Failures of Reform in Brazil" (Book Review). American Political Science Review, June, 1998. Vol. 98, no. 2. "Desenvolvimento: Politics and Economy in Brazil" (Book Review). Luso-Brazilian Review, Fall 1998. Taking the Wheel: Auto Parts Firms and the Political Economy of Industrialization in Brazil (Book Review), American Political Science Review, Summer 2000. Corruption and Political Reform in Brazil: The Impact of Collor s Impeachment (Book Review). Luso-Brazilian Review, Summer 2000. The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil (Book Review). Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 36, no. 3 (Fall), 2001. Brazil s Second Chance: En Route Toward the First World (Book Review) Academy of Management Executive. Vol. 16, no. 2, May 2002. The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America (Book Review). American Political Science Review. Vol. 96, no. 3, September 2002. Democratization without Representation (Book Review). Political Science Quarterly. Spring 2005, p. 171. Professional Activities Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut, August 2002 to December 2006. Co-Organizer, with Leslie Armijo of The Politics of Policies: A Roundtable on the Interamerican Development Bank s 2006 Annual Report, the official panel of the Economics and Politics Section of the Latin American Studies Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2006. Chair and discussant with Timothy Power of the linked panels Democratic Brazil Revisited. Annual Conference of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2006. Democratic Governance Project. Principal investigator in collaborative project to develop Public Opinion research and teaching at the Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala. 2002-2005.
Executive Strategies for Economic Reform: The Privatization of Telecommunications in Latin America. Paper presented at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, November 2003. Analysis of Domestic Support and Opposition to Free Trade in Latin America. Invited presenter at the State Department Workshop on Free Trade in the Americas. This event is closed to the public and not for attribution. Presenter at the U.S. Department of State workshop on Brazil as a Regional Leader. Washington, D.C., January 30, 2001. "Why Free Trade "Losers" Support Free Trade: The Puzzling Case of Neoliberalism in Brazil." to be presented at the University of Pittsburgh, November 4, 1999. Also presented at the Centre for Brazilian Studies, Oxford University, January 15, 1999. "Governability and the Challenge of Economic Reform in Brazil." Presentation to the Canada- Latin American Foundation (FOCAL) at a workshop on Brazilian Economic Reforms. By invitation. March 1999. "The Sustainability of Brazilian Economic Reforms." Comments delivered to the World Affairs Council of Hartford. September 28, 1999. By invitation. "Dolarización en America Latin: El Caso Brasileño." Paper prepared for Conference on Dollarization in Latin America. Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico City, November 18-19, 1999. "After the Fall: Market Reform and Democratic Stability in Brazil, Post-Real Plan." Paper delivered at the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, GA, November 3-7 1999. "Do Party Systems Matter for Economic Performance? Reflections on Latin American Performance and Suggestions from the Brazilian Case." Presented at the American Political Science Association Convention, Boston September 2-5, 1998. Discussant for the panel "Economic Reform and Institutional Change in Brazil." Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, September 23-26, 1998. Chair of the panel "The Durability and Quality of Democracy in Latin America." Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, September 23-26, 1998. Chair of the official panel of the Business and Politics Section of Latin American Studies Association, "Business Cleavages and Institutional Change: Organized Business, Economic Reform, and Democratic Consolidation in Mexico and Brazil." Chicago, September 23-26, 1998. "The Limits of Neoliberalism: Business, the State, and Democratic Consolidation in Brazil." Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association Conference, Guadalajara, April 17-20, 1997.
"Explaining Business Preferences for Free Trade: Business Politics and Neoliberalism in Brazil." Paper presented at the New England Council of Latin American Studies, Dartmouth College, October 14, 1995. "FIESP and the Crisis of Representation: Corporatism, Neoliberalism, and Business Modernizers in Brazil." Paper presented at McGill University, Montreal, January 26, 1995 and Carleton University, Ottawa, January 27, 1995. "Social Democracy in the Era of Neo-Liberalism? Lessons for Brazil from the Swedish Case." Presented at the Columbia-NYU Conference on Poverty, Inequality, and New Forms of Popular Representation, New York, March 4, 1994. Also presented at the Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, March 10-14, 1994. "The Rise and Fall of Fernando Collor: Neo-Liberalism in Brazil." Presented at the Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. October 13, 1993. Service Activities Grant Proposal Screener, International Dissertation Research Fellowship, Social Sciences Research Council, 2004 and 2005. Section Co-Chair, Economics and Politics Section, Latin American Studies Association, October 2004 March 2006. Track Chair, Politics and Public Policy. Latin American Studies Association Annual Convention, September 2001. Washington, D.C. Member, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center Executive Committee. University of Connecticut. Fall 1999-Present. Member, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center Financial Aid Committee. University of Connecticut. Fall 1999-Present. Member, Department of Political Science Colloquium and Brown Bag Committee. University of Connecticut. Fall 1999-Present. Awards and Grants Executive Strategies for Reform: Presidential Powers and Economic Reforms in Latin America. University of Connecticut Research Advisory Council, Large Grant. January 2005- December 2005. Democratic Governance. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, Educational Partnership Program. Linkage grant with the Universidad de San Carlos,
Guatemala, to promote democracy and democratic governance through curricular development, research, and practical, applied work. Principal Investigator. September 2003 September 2005. Bennett Prize for the Outstanding Junior Faculty in Political Science, University of Connecticut. 2002. Navigating the Storm: Executive Strategies for Economic Reform in Ungovernable Party Systems. Hewlett Foundation. June 2001 June 2004. Navigating the Storm: Executive Strategies for Economic Reform in Ungovernable Party Systems. University of Connecticut Research Advisory Council, Large Grant. January 2000 - March 2001. University Committee on Research and Scholarship Research Grant, Graduate College of the University of Vermont, June 1996. Kroepsch-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching, Assistant Professor Category, the University of Vermont, 1995. Direct Faculty Support Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont, 1994-1996. John L. Simpson Fellow, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. July 1991 - July 1992, July 1992 - July 1993. Doctoral Fellow of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. August 1988- August 1991. Distinction in the Ph.D. Examination in Latin American Politics, October 1989. Teaching Fields Comparative Politics/Latin America Comparative Political Economy International Political Economy Comparative and Historical Methodology Other Work Experience Parliamentary Advisor to Hon. Jean Charest, the Minister of State (Youth) of the Government of Canada. Responsible for all matters pertaining to Minister's performance in Parliament (Question Period, Standing Committee on Labour, Employment and Immigration, etc.), as well as nonemployment training policy (Literacy training, National Drug Strategy, Race Relations, etc.) and policy advisor liaison to the Cabinet Committee on Social Development. (August 1986-July 1987)
Internship with the Secretary of State of Canada, in the Multi-Culturalism Directorate. Liaison with leaders in various cultural communities in Montreal, July 1986-August 1986.